Wall mounted rotary vibrator



March 10, 1959 J, w, DAY 2,876,765

WALL MOUNTED ROTARY VIBRATOR Filed July 19, 1955 United States Patent "ice WALL MOUNTED ROTARY VIBRATOR John W. Day, Tulsa County, Okla.

Application July 19, 1955, Serial No. 523,052

1 Claim. (Cl. 128-56) This invention relates to improvements in health devices and is particularly directed to a body vibrating device for stimulating and conditioning the skin and exercising the body.

A primary object of this invention is to provide a vibrator which comprises a cylindrical vibrating element that is adapted to be rotatably mounted in a vertical position on a wall so that a user, in a standing position, can easily and conveniently position his body in contact with the vibrating element.

Another important object of this invention is to provide means for rotatably mounting an elongated, cylindrical brush in a vertical rotatable position on a wall and to provide motor and drive transmission means for rotating the brush and to provide compact and attractive means for mounting and housing the motor and drive transmission means on the wall.

A further important object of this invention is to provide guard plates which are disposed between the wall and the brush along the sides of the brush and which are coextensive in length with the brush to prevent anything from entering between the wall and the sides of the brush.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a simple, compact and attractive body vibrator which can be easily and conveniently used and which does not require considerable space and is inexpensive and dependable in operation.

The foregoing and ancillary objects are attained by this invention, the preferred embodiment of which is set forth in the following description and illustrated in the attached drawing, wherein;

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the vibrator showing the same mounted in position on a wall;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view thereof with the motor cover removed, and,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view with the cover removed.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the vibrator, generally designated by the numeral 10, is designed to stimulate and condition the skin of a user and is adapted to be mounted on a wall 12 or similar support. The vibrator includes an elongated, cylindrical vibrating element or brush 14 which is vertically disposed on the wall. Preferably, though not restrictively, the brush 14 is approximately four feet in length and about four inches in diameter. The brush is rotatably attached to the wall in spaced relationship therewith. In this respect, the space between the wall and the brush is just suflicient to permit the brush to rotate properly, so that the brush will not protrude any considerable or objectionable distance out from the wall.

The brush has reduced journal ends 16 which are rotatably mounted in bearings 18 and 20. The bearings are extended horizontally from the wall in vertically spaced alignment. A thrust collar 22 is disposed on the lower journal end and the weight of the brush bears 2,876,765 Patented Mar. 10, 1959 face of the lower bearing 20.

An electric motor 24 is mounted on a supporting plate 26 which is L-shaped in plan and is secured by fasteners 28 fiat against the wall 12 and is disposed above the upper end of the brush. The upper bearing 18 is fastened to the plate, while the lower bearing 20 is secured directly to the wall.

A pulley 30 is fixedly circumposed on the upper journal end of the brush, above the upper bearing 18 and a belt 32 is entrained on the pulley. A jack shaft 34 is rotatably mounted on the plate by beating units 36 and is disposed vertically thereon, parallel to the brush. Pulleys 38 and 40 are carried by the jack shaft, with the lower pulley 38 receiving the belt 32 and the upper pulley '40 being connected by a belt 42 to a pulley 44 on the armature shaft of the motor.

The motor is mounted in a vertical position on the plate with its armature shaft extending downwardly in axially aligned and vertically spaced relation with the upper journal end of the brush. The jack shaft is vertically offset from the armature shaft and the journal end and is mounted on the laterally offset section of the plate. The jack shaft and the belts constitute a drive transmission means and speed reduction unit for coupling the brush to the motor.

A cover 46 is secured by the fasteners to the wall, the fasteners passing through openings in the edge mounting flange of the cover which is shaped to completely cover the motor and drive transmission means and which has an apertured top wall 48 to ventilate the motor.

Guard plates 50 are adapted to be disposed on opposite sides of the brush and have mounting flanges 52, which are anchored flat against the wall by suitable fasteners. The plates extend angularly from the wall in converging relationship and lie closely against the opposite sides of the brush so as to expose only the outer portion of the brush. The plates are coextensive in length with the brush and are provided to prevent anything from getting between the wall and the brush.

A lead 54 extends from the motor and is attached to a switch 56 which is mounted on one of the guard plates, adjacent the upper end thereof.

In use, the vibrator is preferably mounted in a bathroom and is so positioned that the brush is vertically disposed on the wall above the fioor. In such position, the user can move against the rotating brush and by moving in front of the brush can expose his body to contact with the brush.

While the preferred embodiment of this invention has been shown in the accompanying drawing and described herein, other forms may be realized as come within the scope of the invention defined by the appended claim.

I claim:

'In combination with a wall of a room, a device for vibrating, exercising and stimulating the skin of a person; said device including a bearing bracket mounted horizontally on the wall slightly above the floor, a housing mounted on the wall slightly below the ceiling, a bearing bracket mounted in the housing in vertical alignment with the first bearing bracket, an electric motor mounted in the housing and having a depending drive shaft disposed in vertical alignment with and slightly above the second bearing bracket, additional bearing brackets mounted in vertical alignment within the housing and disposed in a vertical plane paralleling the plane of the first and second named bearing brackets, a vertically disposed stub shaft rotatably journalled in the additional bearing brackets, an elongated shaft journalled in the first and second named bearing brackets and having an upper end extending above the second bearing bracket,

pulleysfixed onthe upper end ofthe'shaft and on'the element circllmposed von the. elongated shaft and extending substantially between thefirstend .second cheating .Hbracketsfind. being adapted .to .rotatably contact the body of. a vperson from'jhe neck to,v a. point, slightly above 1 the ankles.

References Cited the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Holmes May 1], 1943 Holland Nov. 3, 1953 Herman Jan. 17, 1956 FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain Feb. 4, 1937 

